If there is any Exam which has both quality and quantity of students participating in it, it surely has to be the CAT exam. CAT is the superset for most of the MBA entrance exams in India, and the mindset of a CAT aspirant would be such that if he is prepared for CAT, he is almost prepared for any MBA entrance exam to happen across INDIA.

Total applicants:

The best metric to understand the level of competition for any entrance exam is the number of applicants who are participating. For CAT the number of applicants for year 2017 was approximately 2.5 lakhs. For NMAT, the number of applicants were about 88000 and for SNAP this number was about 65000. Even having the reputation of being the trickiest exam, the huge number of applicants for CAT shows why it is the most competitive exam.

Quality of Students:

It is only through CAT, that students are able to get into top B schools, mostly the IIM’s. Even if the student is not willing to appear for exams like NMAT, SNAP or XAT, it is certain that he or she would be appearing for CAT. This is because unlike other MBA entrance exams, results of CAT exams are considered for the admission for most of the colleges.